Digital Innovation in Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Multi-Control Generative Workflow for Bamboo Weaving Based on ComfyUI

Abstract

Bamboo weaving stands as a vital component of China's intangible cultural heritage, embodying profound Eastern craftsmanship through its distinctive structural patterns and rhythmic beauty. However, this traditional craft faces significant challenges, including generational discontinuity due to high learning curves and an aesthetic disconnect from modern contexts. To address these dilemmas, this study pioneers a style transfer workflow tailored for bamboo weaving using the Stable Diffusion ComfyUI platform. The workflow integrates Florence-2 for multimodal understanding, ControlNet for structural constraints, and IP-Adapter for style transfer. By leveraging multimodal collaborative generation, this approach preserves the geometric logic of bamboo craft while fusing it with contemporary design aesthetics. User experience testing with ten design students validated the workflow's effectiveness. Results demonstrate that this method significantly expands the expressive diversity of bamboo weaving, providing a reproducible pathway for the digital preservation and innovative transmission of intangible cultural heritage.